Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

11 reviews

bellsdixon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Colonisation, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative fast-paced

4.0

I've been trying to get into graphic novels lately but it's been a bit of a hit-or-miss experience so far.

When it comes to Persepolis, I can say that I liked the graphic style and the black and white colouring; I felt like these stilistic choices suited the story quite well. I also appreciated the humour peppered throughout, I did chuckle out loud from time to time. 

I read the volume including all 4 parts but I didn't like them in equal measure. The first segment is the one I enjoyed the most, with its focus on the author's childhoood. Still, I cannot but admire Satrapi's honesty in depicting her personal life, the good but also the bad and the less palatable of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Confinement, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Rape, and Colonisation

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Violence, Toxic friendship, and War

atuin's review against another edition

dark informative

5.0

this is the memoir of a woman who grew up in Iran during the Islamic revolution, and as such it does have a lot of dark subject matter. Still, it has moments of hope, beauty, and even humor in a bleak situation, such as her relationship with her grandmother and some of her friends. The illustrations are effective at conveying the peoples emotions and enhance the story. This book should be read to better understand the background of many Iranian people and their struggles. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Misogyny, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Torture, and War

Moderate: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Child death, Homophobia, Rape, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

esterslibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and War

illgiveyouahint's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and War

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Genocide, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

aalayah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Violence, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, and Blood

soupply's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

Moderate: Drug use

pandemonicbaby's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism